Hello & Welcome, Lucy_Jane.
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Originally Posted by Curupira
When we are around other people I put on my party face. I don't want people to know I am depressed so I laugh and smile, tell jokes etc. but it wears me out and I always pay for it the next day.
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Originally Posted by Little Lulu
Maybe because the people your friend has been hanging out with don't know as much about her as you do, she might find some relief from her issues when she is with them - sort of like pretending things are OK for a while.
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Well said. You're BFFs. She can (for the present, anyway) hide the truth from them; she can't hide it from you.
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Originally Posted by Lucy_Jane
Is this normal for people suffering from depression to distance themselves form some people and not others?
It makes me very sad.
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Some distance themselves from everyone; others from a select few. It is painful for you, and I believe you are taking the right approach.
Ellen's Depression Primer
Allie Brosh's Personal Description of Depression
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My dog
mastered the "fetch" command. He would communicate he wanted something, and I would fetch it.